Silver Bullets End Minor Series

The all-women’s Colorado Silver Bullets, saying the competition in the Northern League is too tough, called off their scheduled baseball games with the minor league.

“At this time, I feel that we cannot compete at their level,” Silver Bullet Manager Phil Niekro said Thursday.

The Silver Bullets played an all-star Northern League team last weekend in Fort Mill, S.C., and lost, 19-0. The independent Northern League is the lowest level of professional baseball, although it does feature former major leaguers.

Still on the Silver Bullets’ schedule are semipro teams and a team of over-30 men’s players.

Golf

Alice Ritzman shot a three-under-par 69 and shared the LPGA championship lead with Dottie Mochrie on a day not made for golf in Wilmington, Del. It rained, then thunderstorms held up play for two hours and finally a fierce wind made par at DuPont Country Club a virtual impossibility.

Juli Inkster, who finished in tennis shoes because of lightning nearby, and Noelle Daghe were a shot behind the co-leaders. Only 16 of the 141 golfers--three were on the course when play was halted for the day--finished at par or better.

Nancy Lopez withdrew because of pain in her lower back after struggling through 14 holes at six over par.

The GTE Byron Nelson Classic was reduced to three rounds after heavy overnight rains washed out the opening day at Dallas.

Football

Jay Zygmunt, the Rams’ senior vice president, said that free-agent receiver Haywood Jeffires, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, had agreed to terms on a one-year deal worth $1 million, including another $100,000 in incentives.

But Jeffires, who rejected a three-year, $3.9-million offer from the Rams April 15, said Thursday night that he will decide today between one-year offers from the Rams and the Houston Oilers.

Peter G. Angelos, majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, was in Los Angeles to meet with Ram officials about the possibility of moving the NFL team to Maryland.

Deion Sanders, a former standout cornerback at Florida State, said he saw plenty of money being waved at players when he was in school and was not surprised at a magazine report that some Seminole players took such money.

Linebacker Andre Tippett retired after 12 seasons with the New England Patriots.

Basketball

Toronto newspapers reported that the city’s NBA team will be called the Raptors. . . . Three-point specialist Dell Curry of the Charlotte Hornets, who led all reserves by averaging 16.3 points a game, won the NBA’s sixth man award. . . . Bob Coleman resigned as president and chief executive officer of the San Antonio Spurs. . . . The Chicago Bulls have filed tampering charges with the NBA against Bob Vander Weide, the Orlando Magic president, for his comments about forward Horace Grant.

Soccer

Tickets sold out for the World Cup second-round game at Orlando, Fla., raising the total of single-game ticket sellouts to 35. . . . Roberto Mancini was cut from Italy’s World Cup team. . . . Victorian state Premier Jeff Kennett announced he had tendered a bid to FIFA, proposing Australia as the site for the 2002 World Cup.

Names in the News

Italian cyclist Andrea Peron won the eighth stage of the Tour DuPont and Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia retained his overall lead. . . . Rafael Ruelas will make the first defense of his International Boxing Federation lightweight title against Mike Evgen on May 27 after Carl Griffith withdrew because of personal problems.